Which to use
“you's” is a contraction and “your” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,483
- “you's” frequency rank
- #31
- “your” frequency rank
- 41514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | you's | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of you + is. | Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). |
Letter map: you's vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set you's and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. you's and your follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: you's vs your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: you's is acontraction and youradeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
you's is recorded at frequency rank #41,483, classified as acontraction. your is at rank #31, tagged as adet, pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 41514, this pair ranks #257,665 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of you's vs your
Shared letters: ouy. Private to "you's": s. Private to "your": r.
"you's" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- your ← oyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "you's" for "your" ever safe?
Frequency check: "you's" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "you's" vs "your" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "you's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "your" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,665 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "you's" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "you's vs Youngs". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #257,665 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.